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1 May 2016Car bomb targets Turkish police HQ

At least one person has died and 13 were injured in a car bomb blast near a police headquarters in the Turkish city of Gaziantep.

Nine of the injured were police officers, Gaziantep's regional governor was quoted as saying.

There was no immediate word on who is behind the latest blast, however authorities arrested four suspected ISIS members in an unrelated terror raid.

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11 May 20163 killed, over 42 wounded in Turkey blast

Three people were killed and at least 42 others were injured by a car bomb that exploded in Turkey's southeastern city of Diyarbakir.

The bomb which struck a police vehicle, was allegedly triggered by pro-Kurdish militants linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

12 policemen and 33 civilians were wounded in the attack, of which three people succumbed to their injuries.

7 Jun 2016Explosion rocks Istanbul as police van is attacked

11 people were killed and 36 others were wounded after militants staged an attack on a police bus in central Istanbul.

The bomb was detonated remotely as an anti-riot police bus was passing through the central Beyazit district close to many of the city's top tourist sites.

So far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Most of the casualties were police officers.

18 Aug 2016Twin blasts kill 6, wound over 200 in turkey

At least 6 people were killed and over 220 were injured in two car bombings, allegedly carried out by the PKK, targeting police stations in Turkey.

An attack on a police station in the Van province, killed 3 people and wounded 73 others.

Hours later, a similar attack on the Police Headquarters in Elazig killed two police officers and wounded 146 civilians and police.

26 Aug 2016Turkey: 8 dead, 45 wounded in car bombing

8 police officers were killed and 45 others were seriously injured in a car bombing attack on the police headquarters in Cizre, Turkey.

Officials stated that the attack was carried out by the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

Cizre is located near the Syrian border and has a large Kurdish population.

The government has blamed the PKK for several bombings in the past.

28 Aug 2016Turkish airport hit by rocket fire

The Diyarbakir airport in south eastern Turkey was attacked by militants who fired four rockets at it as well.

The rockets landed in an empty area close to some police checkposts and created explosions that could be heard throughout the city, even shattering windows.

Officials said that no casualties were reported.

The blast was allegedly carried out by PKK members.

11 Dec 201629 killed, 166 injured in Istanbul blasts

29 people were killed and 166 were injured in two blasts outside a football stadium in Istanbul; a car bomb went off outside the stadium while a suicide bomber targeted a nearby park.

Turkish interior minister Suleyman Soylu said 10 people had been detained based on evidence from the detonated vehicle.

There was no claim for responsibility, however officials suspect the PKK.

12 Dec 2016Turkey detains Kurdish party workers

Authorities in Turkey detained 45 provincial officials from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) for links to PKK militants; an offshoot of the PKK claimed the recent twin bombings in Istanbul that killed 38 people.

In two separate raids, police detained 25 HDP officials in Adana and 20 in neighbouring areas.

The HDP is the second largest opposition party in Turkey.

17 Dec 2016Massive blast in Turkey, dozens of fatalities

A car-bomb attack targeted a bus that was transporting off-duty soldiers near a university in Kayseri, central Turkey.

The explosion killed 13 and injured at least 48, some of whom could even be civilians. The death toll has been confirmed by the Turkish military in a statement.